The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands

"The Life of Hugo Grotius" by Charles Butler is a historical biography that chronicles the extraordinary life of Hugo Grotius, a 17th-century Dutch intellectual and legal scholar who championed international law and freedoms during a time of intense political and religious conflict in the Netherlands; it begins by painting a picture of Grotius's beginnings in Delft, noting his privileged upbringing, his exceptional education, and the early signs of brilliance that would come to define his future and provides a foundation for understanding how he became entangled in, and influenced, the critical events and intellectual debates that shaped the Netherlands and Europe at this time.